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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1565 



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CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO. 

 341-349 GURK ST., CHiaGO 



DAHLIAS 



Now is the time to place your order for Bulbs 

 which will insure your Ketting named varieties in 

 any quantity; delivery to be made this fall or 

 early spring:. 



DAVID HERBERT A SON 



Successors to L. K. Peacock, Inc. ATOO, N. J. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Originators of improved varieties of culti- 

 vated mushrooms. "Tissue Culture Pure Spawn" 

 of 7 varieties now ready. Set our booklet. It's 

 free 



Pure Culture Spawn Co. 



e09 W. Fourth St. CINCINNATI. O. 



Chicago Branch, 604 LaSalle Ave. 



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ing laths, only a slight pitch being given 

 to run the water off. These frames and 

 the cold sheds before mentioned are al- 

 ways inside walled gardens, where the 

 wind is kept off to a certain extent. 



The greenhouses employed are gener- 

 ally narrow, low and partly dug out of 

 the ground on account of the severe 

 winters. The woodwork is heavy, and 

 during hot weather heavy shading is em- 

 ployed, the inside of the houses being 

 . almost in twilight by comparison with 

 the blinding sunshine outside. Nearly all 

 the towns' I visited were much beauti- 

 fied by trees and flowers; it is quite as- 

 tonishing to an Englishman to find such 

 a wealth of greenery, and such really 

 beautiful beds of flowers, as are to be 

 seen in even large towns in this part of 

 Germany, ^uch a thing would be impos- 

 sible in most of our large cities ; but then 

 in Germany, in the non-manufacturing 

 towns, there seems to be almost no smoke 

 — one hardly ever sees a chimney really 

 smoking at any hour of the day. What a 

 blessing it would be if the same could be 

 said of our towns. 



If anyone should think of taking a trip 

 through these districts, let him not hesi- 

 tate on account of the difficulties of the 

 journey, or the want of knowledge of the 

 language, for the journey is made as easy 

 as a long journey can be, while at nearly 

 every large hotel, railway station, or seed 

 establishment, someone can be found to 

 speak English. 



CUSTOMS IRHEGULARITIES. 



Special agents of the United States 

 Treasury are making a thorough investi- 

 gation of the circumstances attending 

 this season's importations of bulbs from 

 Holland with the certainty that a num- 

 ber of gentlemen will find themselves in 

 water of an uncomfortable temperature 

 as the result of practices said to have 

 prevailed for several seasons and which 

 have this year become so flagrant that 

 they could no longer be ignored. It is 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



English Mushroom Spawn 



at Special Price for Immediate Orders 



When you buy your English tnushiootn spawn from one of the largest im- 

 porters (we are) in the U. S^ you feel you are buying right. We are I Our spec- 

 ial spawn producer has sent us a duplicate consignment of our usual 



VERY CHOICE QUALITY 



and rather than rettim it or throw it . on his handst we are going to offer it at a 

 special price to tmload it. After this lot is sold our regular price must prevail. 



ORDER TODAY! MICHELL*S RELIABLE ENGLISH MUSH- 

 ROOM SPAWN-PRICES, $1.40 per dos.; Bricks, per 100 

 lbs., $6.60; per 1000 Iba., $60.00. 



American Pure Culture Spawn, 12 bricks, $1.80; $3.75 for 25 bricks ^ 

 50 bricks. $7J)0 ; $13.50 per 100 bricks. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Seedsmen and Importers of Reliable English Mushroom Spaw^n, 



I 1018 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Beylew when yon write. 



'^-f.fpoBTATioN MUSHROOM SPAWN 



ABSOLUTELY BBLIABLE-USED BY THE MOST CBITICAL GB0WEB8. 



10 lbs. 25 1bB. 100 lbs. 1000 Iba. 



ENGLISH MILLTRACK....76C $1.60 $6.00 $66.00 



Per doz. Bricks 25 Bricks 50 Bricks 



PURE CULTURE $1.80 $3.76 $7.0O 



Write for quotations on largre lots. Cultural Directions sent with every order. 

 Send for oar Complete Bnlb Cataloinie AT ONCE. It will Interest yon. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



Herbert W. Johnson of the late Arm of Johnson & Stokes, President. 

 817 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Balaed from our Spawn, will bear loneer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This is proven by facts. Full particulars and Information how to succeed In mushroom 

 raising: free. We warrant you If using: our method of crrowingr mushrooms that all will go welL 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO., 427TM?iri^'^cH.S;oo 

 Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



KstabUshed 1824. RICKARD8 BROS., Props. 



STILL UNSOLD 



Under Separate Color, 

 $25.00 per 1000. 



5000 Hyacinths 



87 Eaat 19th St., near Broadway, Tel.. 4286 Gramercy, New York Citj 



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ARTHUR COWEE, 



Oladlolna Bpaoiallat, 

 XBADOWTAUi Ti 



BERUN, N. Y. 



United States Representative and Grower of GROFF'S 

 HYBRIDS* Mixtures and Collections to color. Fine mixtures 

 of all colors, named novelties of rare beauty. Write for catalog. 



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ev«n asserted by one custom house 

 broker that he will be surprised if the 

 matter is premitted to drop before some- 

 one has paid a more severe penalty than 

 the one for undervaluation. 



It appears that the appraisers have 

 for more than one season passed Dutch 

 bulbs on consular invoices which were 

 lower than the prices at which the goods 

 I actually had been sold. This seems to 



have led to all sorts of complications. 

 In a few cases it appears that the con- 

 signee was made a party to the irregu- 

 larity by direct knowledge that he was 

 saved duty by a falae oath, but in the 

 great majority of cases it is alleged the 

 saving in duty was made to apply as an 

 allowance on ocean freights, to accom- 

 plish which there of course must have 

 been collusion. The next development 



